Category: Posts!
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The Long Days
The line that started it was during a conversation with a friend, when he told that while people say life’s too short, sometimes it’s too long. I realize that sounds pretty dark out of context, which I why I rearranged it to make it more musical and to better capture the feeling that went with…
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Waves on the Shore
More than one of my songs have been a theme for Lake Erie. Growing up near Presque Isle State Park in Pennsylvania, and spending a great deal of my childhood summers at the lake both in PA and Ohio make it a prominent figure in my life, so it’s only natural for it to creep…
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The Hard Way
I don’t write as much as I used to. A few years ago, I seemed to have a pretty steady stream of songs coming and when the dry patches came, they wouldn’t say long. But this past year has been a quiet one for the pen. I was nervous about that at first. Nobody wants…
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Love is Absurd
I assume this kind of thing happens with any performer or artist in just about any field, where after a particular creation, they look back and say “huh. Well that’s different.” It’s not that this song feels like something I wouldn’t play, but it doesn’t always feel like something I would write. Which I guess…
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The Work Thus Far
So it’s 25 weeks later since I first started throwing a song up once a week on this page. For all you readers and listeners, I want to say thank you. This has been a great exercise in a lot of ways. It keeps me doing at least some sort of musical production once a…
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No More Goodbyes
A short story for a short song: back in 2010, a friend of mine let me know that an independent film maker in the area was looking for original music submissions for their project. I looked into, read the premise of the movie that was given, wrote this song for it and submitted. They never…
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State of Mind
I can be more critical of others than I care to admit. I try not to be. When I listen to something that doesn’t appeal to me, I always try to remember to ask myself “do I really think this is bad, or is it just not a style I’m in to?” Because I am…
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Hope Gets By (The Fall of Francis Louis)
Growing up, I was told that my great grandfather had killed himself when my grandfather was eight. A few years before he passed in 2012, my grandfather told me a story of his childhood that went into further detail. As my grandfather tells it, his father Francis Louis Link was a rum runner during prohibition…
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Last I Ever Heard
It’s been said that many successful musicians find themselves with their less than favorite songs being the most popular. I’m sure that comes with it’s difficulties, be it the frustration of a self-thought master piece going unnoticed or a fluke being praised. Still, I hope there’s some satisfaction in the fact that something they created…
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